Vow in View

Read:  Psalm 76 / Proverbs 31 / Ezra 10 / 1 John 2

Psalm 76:11 Vow... unto the LORD... let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Proverbs 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Ezra 10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

1 John 2:28 Now, little children, abide in him; that... we may have confidence... not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Let us determine now to do

The will of God that He makes clear.

This is the vow that is in view 

As we are governed by His fear.

Let us arise and rightly vow

To Christ who ought to be proclaimed. 

The time to love the Lord is now,

Lest otherwise we be ashamed. 

Span of our Space

Read:  Psalm 75 / Proverbs 30 / Ezra 9 / 1 John 1

Psalm 75:3,7 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.... But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Proverbs 30:4-5 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth?... he is a shield unto them that...trust in him.

Ezra 9:8 Now for a LITTLE SPACE grace hath been showed from the LORD our God... to give us a nail in his holy place...  lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and... cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The earth and every soul that lives

Shall know that God is Judge therein. 

Yet, even so, our Lord forgives

The humble who confess their sin.

How little is our span of space

To seek and serve our precious Lord!

Yet He will cleanse us by His grace,

So let us haste to be restored!  

Scoffers Schooled

Read:  Psalm 74 / Proverbs 29 / Ezra 8 / 2 Peter 3

Psalm 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. 

Ezra 8:31 The hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy... of such as lay in wait. 

2 Peter 3:3-6 There shall come in the last days scoffers... For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old… whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. 

Arise, O God, and plead Your cause,

That men may seek Your saving favor

That satisfies Your holy laws,

Providing refuge in the Savior. 

Let scoffers be arrested now

And schooled by truth they have ignored,

Assured that every knee shall bow 

To Christ our everlasting Lord.